Jim Reynolds: He conquered Mount Fitz Roy without a rope …

Jim Reynolds, an American mountaineer, made one of Patagonia's most creative and forward-thinking solos, where he not only climbed a 1524-meter technical climb on Cerro Fitz Roy (3405 meters of mountain ). without the safety of a rope or equipment; but he also went down the road without any artificial help.

The 25-year-old climber from Weaverville, California, works with the Yosemite Search and Rescue Team (YOSAR) in the summer, uses rectangular unframed lenses, performs Slayer performances with a mandolin, and considers A wooden samurai katana in the sunlight in a ponderosa forest behind the YOSAR campsite, National Gheographic informed by the release that some fragments were transcribed here.

Perhaps Reynolds is best known for briefly holding the coveted speed record on the Nose route, from "The Captain" with Brad Gobright, scoring a time of 2:19:44 on the 914-meter road in 2017, before Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold will take two hours in June 2018.

The last season of the austral summer was Reynolds' first expedition to the fearsome irregular peaks that make up the Chalten mbadif in Patagonia. "After three months here, I finally found my way," says Reynolds. "I have found my way to better express myself."

On March 21, he performed the complete solo, up and down, a 1524-meter climb called Afanbadieff over Fitz Roy, in about 15:30, a grueling physical and mental period to occupy a position too. exposed. that a simple mistake or error means instant death.

Reynolds' solo course has a difficulty rating of 5.10c in Yosemite's climbing difficulty decimal system. Technically, it is much easier than, for example, the only integral of Honnold of Free Rider (5.13a) in El. Captain But what distinguishes the integral of Reynolds only in the Fitz Roy is not the technical difficulty in itself, but the nature of the climb (long mountain road with snow and ice), its length, the distance from its position and This curious decision to avoid the use of a rope reminder Stylistic purity and an intensified adventure.

"It's amazing what has happened," says Rolo Garibotti, a world-clbad Argentinean alpinist and Patagonian expert. "Jim is making a big statement here, we're going to talk about it a long time, I can not imagine how anyone will overcome this."

The clbadification of the Reynolds ascent in the context of the Fitz Roy ascent will undoubtedly be the subject of debate for the mountaineering community. Fitz Roy has only been climbed a few times by lone mountaineers who have used very few ropes and equipment to facilitate their ascent.

"For me, it's just a way to combine the beauty of humanity with the beauty of the natural world to create a superior art," Reynolds says. "This is what deserves to be pursued in the modern era, where many have no purpose."